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Quote of the Day:

“President Obama made a televised speech to the nation's students during school hours. Many parents kept their kids home from school in protest. As a result, those kids have voted Obama 'Best President Ever. '”

- Conan O’Brien

Tennessee News Clips

Politics

Kelsey to resign state House seat before Nov. 2
September 8, 2009 Associated Press
Rep. Brian Kelsey says he will resign his state House seat before Nov. 2 if he receives the Republican nomination for the vacant Senate seat representing District 31.

Poll finds soaring European support for U.S. policy
September 9, 2009 Associated Press
European support for the U.S. president's handling of foreign policy has soared since President Obama took over from former president George W. Bush, but Europeans continue to view major issues including Afghanistan, Iran and global warming differently than Americans view them, a poll released Wednesday found.

Obama's education pep-talk encourages Knox students to stay in school
September 9, 2009 Knoxville News Sentinel
Following President Barack Obama's back-to-school address Tuesday, pupils in Valerie Bronson's third-grade class discussed main ideas and themes they picked up from the speech.

New campaign questions reliance on testing
September 7, 2009 USA Today
If public schools were baseball teams, says Sam Chaltain, Americans wouldn't have a clue who should be in the playoffs.

Tennessee colleges' enrollment grows, but budgets shrink
September 9, 2009 Tennessean
By next year, the Tennessee Board of Regents' universities, colleges and trade schools will be operating on state budgets that are 25 percent smaller than they were in 2007, regents learned at a Tuesday meeting of committee chairs.

Healthcare

Obama must confront 5 health-care questions in speech today
September 9, 2009 Tennessean Washington Bureau
Having just endured a tempest over his "work hard in school" speech, President Barack Obama now confronts an address with much higher policy and political consequences.

Congress may tax top executives' medical plans
September 9, 2009 Los Angeles Times
As the chief executive of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., John Plant received the company's generous health-care benefits in 2008, as well as special "executive medical" coverage worth an additional $38,272.

Business

Fields of Gold
September 2009 Business TN
A study released in June by The Pew Charitable Trust identified Tennessee as one of the top three states in creating clean energy jobs and attracting investments in solar, wind and biofuel technologies.

Energy

U.S. Company and China Plan Solar Project
September 8, 2009 New York Times
Chinese government officials signed an agreement on Tuesday with First Solar, an American solar developer, for a 2,000-megawatt photovoltaic farm to be built in the Mongolian desert.

Economy

Record Drop Hits Borrowing
September 9, 2009 Wall Street Journal
Americans borrowed less for the sixth consecutive month in July, fueling concerns that strained consumers will stall an economic recovery.

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